Vehicle-brake.



' No. 728,394- PATENTED MAY 19, I903.

' J. T. HOVISJ VEHICLE BRAKE APP'LIOATION HIV-ED JUNE 20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

TTED STAT-Es iPatented May 19, 1903.

PATENT @Frion.

VEHlCLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,394, dated May 19, 1903. Application. filed June 2 0, 1902. Serial No. 112,520. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN THEODORE HOVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glintonville, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Brake, of'which the following is a specification. v

The invention relates to improvements invehicle-brakes.

The object of the presentinvention is to improve the construction of vehicle-brakes and to provide an exceedinglysimple and inexpensive one of great strength and durability, adapted to be readily applied toall kinds of vehicles, and capable of enabling great power to be readily applied for checking or stopping a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a reverse plan view of a portion of avehicle provided with a brake constructed in accordance with'this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec.- tional view of the front portion of the vehicle bi'ake. f Fig. 4 is asimilar view of the rear portion of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l 1 designate a pair of brake-levers designed to be provided at their outer ends with suit at a slight angle to arrange. them diagonally of the bodyc and provided with perforations; for the reception of bolts 5 and6, which piv-'. v

ing' arranged to receivethesp ringto prevent otally connect the inner ends of the brake-levers to a link 7. The link 7 is composed of upper and lower sides and a'connecting rear portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the front end of the link, which is extended to form a lever,'is open to receive a connecting rod 8, which is pivoted tothe link by a bolt 9 or other suitable fastening device. The

brake-levers are provided between their ends with eyes 10, projecting above and below the brake-levers and receiving depending arms or portions 11 of a transverse supporting-bar 12, which is secured to the body of the vehicle. The supporting-bar 12 is provided between its ends with projecting ears 13,,which are perforated for the reception ofbolts'or other suitable fastening devices for securing the bar to the bottom of the body or other sup- Y port, and the ends of the supporting-bar are bent downward to form the arms'or portions 11. The arms 11 are rounded and reduced to receive the eyes and to forni' shoulders 14 forengaging the upper ends of the same, and

the lower ends of the arms 11 are threaded for the reception of nuts 15, which retain the side of the body of the vehicle and arranged within easy reach of the occupants, The bearing-brackets, which are tapering, depend from the bottom of "thebod y and areproyided at their tops with perforated plates or fianges which are secured to the body.

The sector or gear 17 is disposed vertically I and is spaced from the bottom of the body,

and the rack is interposed between-the sector and the bottom of the body and is held in ,Qineshwith the'former' by a bowed spring 22,

eiitending longitudinallyof the connecting- -bar and secured at one end to the body and having its other end free, a wear-plate 23'bethe same from wearing the bottom of the body. The spring frictionally engages the rack and holds the parts against accidental movement and obviates thenecessity of employing a ratchet for locking the brake-shoes off the wheels. The connecting-bar-is disposed at an inclination, "as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and its front end, which is in' advance of the sector-gear, is adapted to suppress the alinement with the center of the body, and

the link is swung around to a position in alinement with the connecting-bar, which is held against movement by the spring, Whereby the brake-shoes are securely held out of engagement with the wheels.

It will be seen that the brake is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is strong and durable and adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle, and that it is adapted to dispense with the segmental rack or ratchet or similar device for holding the brake-shoes off the Wheels.

What I claim is- 1. A brake comprising a pair of transverse levers provided at their outer ends with brakeshoes, a longitudinal rod connected with the inner arms of the brake-levers and arranged at an inclination and provided with a rack, a gear located beneath and meshing with the rack and supporting the same, a spring located above and engaging the rack and arranged to be compressed by the longitudinal movement of the same, whereby the brakeshoes will be held in engagement with the wheels, and means for operating the gear, substantially as described.

2. A brake comprising a pair of transverse levers provided at their outer ends with brakeshoes and having their inner ends overlapped and angularly bent in opposite directions, a short link pivoted to the inner ends of the levers and arranged diagonally of the vehicle when the brake is applied and adapted to be swung around to a longitudinal position, to form a lock for holding the brake-shoes off the wheels, a connecting-rod extending forward from the link at an inclination and provided with a rack, a gear located beneath and meshing with the rack and supporting the same, and a bowedspring located above and engaging the connecting-rod and arranged to be compressed when the same is moved forward, whereby the brake-shoes will be locked in engagement with the wheels, substantially as described. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN THEODORE IIOVIS.

Witnesses:

O. W. DAVIS, GEO. A. RUMsEY. 

